Franklin – Shirley Porter Drake, 96, passed away peacefully April 20, 2018 in the East Pavilion. Mrs. Drake was a native of Southampton County and was a daughter of the late Fenton A. Porter and Susie Miles Porter Davis Coleman. She was also predeceased by a grandson Roger Wilson Drake, III, five brothers, Thomas H. Porter, Benjamin R. Porter, Leslie F. Porter, Sr., David Thomas Porter and Robert L. Davis and two sisters, Doris P. Kitchen and Frances P. Babb.

Mrs. Drake was a graduate of Boykins High School and had been an active member of Franklin Baptist Church. She had been a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of Southampton Memorial Hospital and had been a long-time Pink Lady at the hospital.

Left to cherish her memory are two sons, Roger Wilson Drake, Jr. and his wife Ruth and Randy Bert Drake and his wife Gladys, two brothers, Irvin M. Porter of Franklin and Raymond C. Davis, Sr. and his wife Peggy of Courtland, six grandchildren, Alison Paige Drake of Wilmington, NC, Randy Brian Drake and wife Jennifer of Meridian, ID, Cindy Drake Drewry and Mike Hinrichs of Williamsburg, Betty Drake Beard of Virginia Beach , Terri Lynne Drake of Williamsburg and Timothy Walker Drake and wife Jenny of Franklin, eleven great grandchildren, Decker Brian Drake, Conley Mason Drake, Samuel Blount Drewry, Victoria Wilson Drewry, Megan Nicole Drewry, Amanda Beard Urie and husband Jordan, Adam Douglas Beard, Ashley Loren Beard, Jessica Lynne Wigley, Steven Owen Wigley and Ethan Ray Drake and a host of nieces and nephews.

A funeral will be held at 11 AM Tuesday April 24, 2018 in Wright Funeral Home with the Rev. Steve Gibson officiating. The burial will follow at Poplar Spring Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday from 6 to 8 PM at the funeral home and suggests that memorial donations be made to Franklin Baptist Church.

The family would like to thank Mrs. Drake's caregivers Beverly, Kimberly, Cynthia , Tonya, Molly, Rico and the staffs at the Village at Woods Edge and East Pavilion for their thoughtful care of our mother. www.wrightfuneralhome.org.